Hyderabad, April 7 -- A local court in Vijayawada on Monday extended judicial custody of five alleged terror suspects till April 20, and also allowed police to keep them in custody from April 9 to 13 for questioning, people aware of the matter said.

The police custody of the five accused- Mohammed Rahantulla Sharif, Mohammed Danish, Mirza Sohail Beg, all from Vijayawada, along with Saida Begum of Hyderabad and Abdul Salam from Karnataka's Ballari district- ended on Sunday, after which they were produced in the Vijayawada metropolitan magistrate court on Monday.

"The accused were shifted to Rajahmundry central jail," a police officer familiar with the development said.

The men were among 12 people arrested on March 24 for allegedly harb...